Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-10-15

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 15
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,181 head
206 vs last sale 975 279 vs year ago 1,460 · 19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 650-700lbs 14.00 to 16.00 higher. No other weights well test for comparison but most other weights showing a downward trend. Feeder heifers - No weights well tested for comparison but 600lbs and higher showing an upward trend. Several strings of yearlings right off grass in today's offering. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.90/cwt on 545 head.
Average price
$135.90
545 head · 741 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.69
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1734136.511,002523
Large 11,021124.751,2749thin
Medium and Large 1-2825118.8598113thin
One grade step is worth $17.67/cwt here — about $21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale545 hd
135.90
ND average3 barns · 1,930 hd
135.21
+0.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Napoleon Livestock Auction - Napoleon, ND
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11,021124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,2749
SteersLarge 11,013128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,30226
BullsMedium and Large 1696112.00/cwt112.00–112.007805
BullsMedium and Large 1320159.00/cwt159.00–159.005096
BullsMedium and Large 1507142.00/cwt142.00–142.0072031
HeifersMedium and Large 1380148.00/cwt148.00–148.005628
SteersMedium and Large 1311167.00/cwt167.00–167.005198
HeifersMedium and Large 1959126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,21135
HeifersMedium and Large 1554124.50/cwt124.50–124.5069011
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned736135.50/cwt135.50–135.5099721
SteersMedium and Large 1815148.98/cwt148.25–149.501,21495
SteersMedium and Large 1586153.00/cwt153.00–153.0089717
HeifersMedium and Large 1780137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,07324
SteersMedium and Large 1691152.76/cwt146.00–154.001,05697
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2794115.00/cwt115.00–115.009138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2940120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,12811
HeifersMedium and Large 1645139.50/cwt139.50–139.5090057
HeifersMedium and Large 1529120.00/cwt120.00–120.006358
HeifersMedium and Large 1863136.16/cwt126.00–139.001,17589
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned606140.00/cwt140.00–140.0084820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2799143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,1475
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0515
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned680120.00/cwt120.00–120.0081618
SteersMedium and Large 1646151.50/cwt151.50–151.5097918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy929124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2875125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0945
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned592140.00/cwt140.00–140.008299
HeifersMedium and Large 1439134.00/cwt134.00–134.0058822
SteersMedium and Large 1429150.00/cwt150.00–150.006448
SteersMedium and Large 1939137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,29115
HeifersMedium and Large 1732139.41/cwt129.00–141.751,020237
HeifersMedium and Large 1665139.00/cwt139.00–139.0092414

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.